Word of the day activities

Want an intentional way to increase your students' morphological skills AND vocabulary? Try a morphology word of the day routine!

Introducing students to challenging words through Word of the Week can help increase their confidence in reading, writing, & speaking.

The Paper Maid: Word of the Day + { freebie }

Are you looking for ways to improve your upper elementary word study or spelling routine this year? You've hit the jackpot! See how I organize and schedule my word study block and routine, differentiate for all levels of spellers, what word study activities have proved successful with students, and

I am loving how much everyone is interested in the Word of the Day process I use. My kids love it too! I have received some e-mails asking to see how I actually incorporate these into my daily activities. I truly would love to show you! Now, keep in mind, I teach 5th grade, so I will begin with how I use it in my classroom. But...from there I will show you examples I created for each grade level. We do Word of the Day EVERY DAY! lol. Kids cannot get enough exposure to vocabulary in my…

I have been using "Word of the Day" for several years and love its results in my classroom! I was originally inspired by Madeline Noonan in this fantastic video on Teaching Channel: I have loved having both the definition and the word on the board under our "Word of the Day" sign, available as a freebie HERE. One of the ways I wanted to strengthen the use of these words throughout the year was to try and have the kids keep a record of each word and have its meaning, a sentence, and more in…

Use words from independent reading to jumpstart vocabulary building in your classroom! Upper elementary readers will love learning about new and unfamiliar words in their texts with this daily routine. In about 10 minutes a day, students will increase their vocabulary throughout the year. Read about how to do it in this blog post for elementary teachers!

Time filler activities for teachers. TeacherKarma.com

This word has appeared in five articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?

Take time to ponder questions that go beyond the curriculum.